The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-08-31
4 RED RISE.
! Brazos Boometh with
b. Old Time, Trash
moving Boom.
/. Heaviest raj" that wac" or
,,,u county has INpc-
ricnccd sincc.Iss5.
,,d. washed out. Bridges
,rricd Away nnd Trains
pcIa,cd The storm.

/, .ipce the great rise OF 1888 ha-
Urea. serpentine stream that
4. ts way east OF this city pre-
| the swollen, turbid appear
I,b,t presented itself to the eye
| cbo visited the Brazos yester-
| Tue soft, gentle rain that, with
:muring patter, commenced
'erday morning at day
creased in force and volume
4 fell in a perfect dcluge. This
h rather storm OF rain. has, SO
we have been able to ascertain.
late hour, been u general one
Sbout the drouth district of the
| That it has been general
IA Central Texas is without a
I For this. all will be thankful,
| this we're all, our people might
= the knowledge that rain in
n bad been given. But with the
nsiion that a thorough, root
"a, gully washing, trash moving
rs. visited this section, comes
|he grsvcr reports that much
"a OF u serious nature has oc-
4. Railroads have been sub
to the loss of miles of
bed, thousands of
n 10 bridges have been
.from their tnOoriug and ,wcpt
neai OIL into the surg.ng ma.,
stcr, that, in consequence
b storm. are sweeping
ID in their Journey to The sea.
Iuurtu, south. east and west
Irumor- were all day Yesterday
D. into the city, telling of vari-
o.. OF road thai had been .eri.
crippled by the deluge of rain,
10 weeping over the country
I'm watch they ran. The mo e.
omstn. was seriously impcded
keu IN consequence ofa failure
u points on their own line. one
hotner roAu would attempt to
sl.st object 10y pa, sing over the
suother company, they were
h the reply, our bridges are
our rond bed is in u crippled
0 also" A"crtaining that
,Sre breaks had occurred in
rAllgH service that centres
diran EXAMINER man saul
II possible 20 obtain some
Information in reference
His trip more than confirm
greatest rum1rs that had come
ts', y visit u the 81. Louis,
~ ana Texas railway depot
elthe facts no trains could be
OF Thu city for some time,
y not tor twenty or thirty
Bridge on this liac. between
~ sud lurden, have been com,
washed away, and the road
s9yeral place. has been
damaged, No trains
l be likely to arrive from
before noon today at lea {.
aeIes~ an earlier arrival may
tile cAtcut of the damage
foi be ascertained last night in
pence of the breaking
majority of the
wiic' throughout the en-
iac ccntral portion OF the
Ou the Central road the dam,
a' TO have been even greater
at ON tho Cotton Belt. No
om the north have arrived up
"e Of 2oing to press ana the
warrant the belief that it
some oays ere any railroad or
communication eau be had
.At, West of Morgan or Walnut
from Whitney comes the
me washing away OF the vast
oil The town, IN fact il is SAID
lIhg remains of that city eX.
EPoIllon ONT that lies ON the
lhe railroad, Photographic
eIuon with this point was
MARRY IN the afternoon and is
10 ne renewed in thirty-siX
al iillsborough the large
reported rs swept from II,
Inc bridge over Richland
reported gone aud trains arc
Vr'ed at a standstill.
North bound on the
ana the east bound
lotion lielt were the only
!" arrived in the city yester-
they were doubted out
KY south aud west immedi.
'ne'r arrival. The north
snI Pacific was tied up at
a1D 'he south bound on the
Ne' dormant at Alvarado
,ue repairs on bridges and
n'e!ulred TO permit them to
, ", thelr way, A work train
'a,ued northWard on this line
V ~ noon yesterday with
NIL W repair bridges, road bed
k0naaph lines aud are still, Al
b. Gs, ou'y ON the line, South.
4S'nsgc seems 20 have been